8-letter words containing e, v, r, g
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- grievers — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- grieving — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- grievous — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- groveled — (US) Simple past form of grovel.
- groveler — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- guaviare — a river in central and E Colombia, flowing E to the Orinoco River. 650 (1046 km) long.
- gulliver — (slang) one's head.
- hangover — the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking.
- havering — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hovering — Present participle of hover.
- hungover — hung (def 3).
- ingroove — to cut a groove into
- lawgiver — a person who promulgates a law or a code of laws.
- leverage — the action of a lever, a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
- levering — Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
- levogyre — an anticlockwise spiral
- livering — Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- macgyver — Alternative spelling of MacGyver.
- mangrove — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, the species of which are mostly low trees growing in marshes or tidal shores, noted for their interlacing above-ground adventitious roots.
- margrave — (formerly) the hereditary title of the rulers of certain European states.
- mcgovern — George (Stanley) 1922–2012, U.S. politician: Democratic presidential candidate 1972, senator 1963–81.
- musgrave — Thea. born 1928, Scottish composer, noted esp for her operas
- over-age — If you are over-age, you are officially too old to do something.
- over-egg — to do too much of; elaborate on excessively; overdo: used mainly in the phrase over-egg the (or one's) pudding, to mar an undertaking by doing more than is necessary or desirable
- overaged — Aged too much.
- overages — Plural form of overage.
- overdogs — Plural form of overdog.
- overedge — (sewing) To overlock.
- overgall — to make sore all over
- overgang — to dominate
- overgear — to cause (a company) to have too high a proportion of loan stock and preference shares in comparison to its ordinary share capital
- overgild — to cover with gilding.
- overgird — to gird too tightly
- overgive — to give up
- overglad — too glad
- overgoad — to goad excessively
- overgrow — to grow over; cover with a growth of something.
- overhang — to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
- overhigh — too high
- overhung — simple past tense and past participle of overhang.
- overking — a supreme king
- overlong — too or excessively long
- overurge — to urge too strongly
- overwing — to fly above
- palgrave — Francis Turner, 1824–97, English critic, poet, and anthologist.
- raveling — a tangle or complication.
- ravening — rapacious; voracious.
- ravigote — a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
- re-given — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.